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My name is Adelaide Edington, and my life was mapped out for me before I even entered the world: who I'd date, where I’d attend college, what I'd be when I grew up. But there comes a time in everyone's life when they face a fork in the road. Should I go left, or should I go right? It didn't matter as long as I didn't remain stagnant any longer. Jett Stone opened me up to a whole new world, reminding me that it was okay to find my own way. I could have roots in Willow Springs and still spread my wings and fly. What I didn't expect was to fall in love with the broody football player.

From New York Times bestselling author and Wattpad sensation Mercedes Ron comes the English translation of the third in the Tell Me series, where Kamila Hamilton is caught between the two Di Bianco brothers after they burst back into her life. Kamila Hamilton must decide between the two Di...

Marley doesn't just want to be labeled The Gay Kid, but he doesn't have much else going on. He doesn't have any hobbies. Or interests. He's the only kid he knows without a passion...until Christopher comes to town. He's smart, cute, gay, and...the son of the country's most famous, most bigoted television evangelist. Marley and Christopher immediately spark - and become inseparable. For a month, it's heaven. Then Christopher's parents send him to a Pray Away the Gay program, which leads to even worse things.

Francesca is at the beginning of her second term in Year 11 at an all boy's school that has just started accepting girls. She still misses her old friends, and, to make things worse, her mother has had a breakdown and can barely move from her bed.

I’ve known Gray Baldwin my entire life. He’s an arrogant frat boy with a red Solo cup permanently attached to his hand. And he’s my brother’s best friend. He’s made it his personal mission to annoy me, and when he sets his mind to something, he rarely fails. But when Gray and I end up at the same college, we can’t seem to stay away from one another. I’m supposed to hate him, but when I’m alone with Gray, everything changes. It turns out there is more to this boy than I ever knew. Our attraction is something that can’t be extinguished.

“Startlingly funny, sad and hopeful, with a splendidly forthright heroine, this coming-of-age YA romance looks tenderly at sorrow and self-discovery.” Guardian Get ready to meet a truly one-of-a-kind heroine: Connie Moore. A beautifully written coming-of-age YA romance, perfect for fans of...

London, 1813: Die 17-jährige Aurelia Wycherley steht kurz vor ihrem Debüt in die Gesellschaft der Hexen. Endlich kann sie an Bällen teilnehmen und ihre Magie mit einer anderen Hexe verbinden, um Teil eines Zirkels zu werden. Doch mit ihrer Magie erbt sie auch den uralten Fluch ihrer Familie. Der erlaubt es ihr nicht, einen magischen Bund einzugehen – wodurch sie Gefahr läuft, ihre Magie zu verlieren. Ihre einzige Hoffnung ist ausgerechnet Jules Nightly, dessen Familie für den Fluch der Wycherleys verantwortlich ist.

I start my story with the day I first saw Jesse Pegler. That was when my whole life first started changing. Sixteen-year-old Opal Ringer is the daughter of Royal Ringer, the Pentecostal leader of a motley flock of down-on-their-luck believers. Jesse Pegler is the son of Brother Pegler. An "evangelist for Jesus", the elder Pegler is a flashy minister who appears regularly on television in his blue robes and gold tassels. Opal and Jesse meet at a faith healing at the Helping Hand Tabernacle church, where Opal's daddy preaches.

This heartfelt and humorous YA contemporary follows Dua, who spends the month of Ramadan making unexpected discoveries about family, faith, and first love. Being crammed into a house in Queens with her cousins is not how Dua envisions her trip to New York City. But here she is, spending the holy...

Hormone? Nein, danke! Für Phoebe steht fest: Liebeshormone verwandeln alle in Idioten! Ihre beste Freundin ist zum ersten Mal verliebt und scheint Phoebe aus ihrer Erinnerung gelöscht zu haben. Phoebes Mutter hat extreme Muttergefühle - bloß nicht für sie, sondern für alle anderen Menschen auf der Welt. Deshalb ist sie aktuell in Syrien und hat Phoebe wieder bei ihrer Patentante geparkt. Das wäre eigentlich ganz okay, wenn Kate nicht ständig über Sex reden würde... Phoebe ist nur noch genervt, doch dann trifft sie Emma - und wird selbst zum Opfer der Hormone.

Winnie is living her best fat girl life and is on her way to the best place on earth. No, not Disneyland - her granny’s diner, Goldeen’s, in the small town of Misty Haven. While there, she works in her fabulous '50s-inspired uniform, twirling around the diner floor and earning an obscene amount of tips. With her family and ungirlfriend at her side, she has everything she needs for one last perfect summer before starting college in the fall...until she becomes Misty Haven’s Summer Queen in a highly anticipated matchmaking tradition that she wants absolutely nothing to do with.

When Lara meets super-cute new boy Caiden, she begins to think that the way to his heart is to give herself a glow up. But her friends are not impressed. You should never glow up for a boy, only for yourself! As Lara and her friends embark on their project of empowerment and self-love, Lara shares all of her innermost thoughts with her online journal. How can she keep her hair under control when she's playing football? Why is she so fast on the pitch yet so uncoordinated off it? And how will she ever convince Caiden to take an interest in her?

Fame meets Rent in this powerful YA debut about a boy who must reconcile with his identity and insecurity as he steps into the spotlight, from Broadway star Andrew Keenan-Bolger. "A powerful coming-of-age story...Fans of Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club and John Green and David...

Two teens must keep their working--and romantic-- relationship a secret from their grandmas, who are longtime social media rivals, in this hilariously sweet rom com from the author of The Homecoming War. Jamie Webb is happy to be the camera-shy brains behind her grandmother BamBam’s social...

Für die 17-jährige Dera ändert sich alles, als an ihrer neuen High School keine Leichtathletik für Mädchen angeboten wird. Nichts darf zwischen ihr und ihrem Ziel, bei den Olympischen Spielen anzutreten, stehen, und so erkämpft sie sich einen Platz im Lauf-Team der Jungs. Doch die sind alles andere als begeistert, erst recht, als sie sich von Deras Bestzeiten bedroht fühlen. Täglich ist sie in der Schule und online Mobbing ausgesetzt. Unter den wenigen, die zu ihr halten, ist der stille Gael, der ihr Herz nicht nur beim Training schneller schlagen lässt.

L'arrivo al college dovrebbe essere un momento elettrizzante nella vita di una giovane ragazza, ma Nives, dopo la perdita del fratello, è troppo segnata dal dolore per essere davvero entusiasta della nuova esperienza. A cambiare le cose e fare breccia nel suo cuore, però, è l'incontro inaspettato con Nathan, il quarterback del college e star indiscussa del campus. Al contrario dell'amica, Isabelle vive in un mondo tutto suo, fatto di fotografie e storie lette tra le pagine di romanzi. Non è in cerca di emozioni travolgenti, ma le trova nel momento in cui Aaron entra nella sua vita.

Brought to you by Penguin The much anticipated new novel from international bestselling author Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places. You were my first. Not just sex, although that was part of it, but the first to look past everything else into me. Some of the names and places have...

In this swoony young adult rom-com, things get bumpy when a girl gets stuck on a cross-country flight with her ex—as if flying couldn’t get any worse. . . . “A sweeping debut set in paradise, We’ve Hit Turbulence is a second-chance romance that unpacks the importance of following your...

Lenore Spalding ha un solo obiettivo: lasciarsi tutto alle spalle. Il Wellington College, i raccomandati, la competizione spietata, le scorciatoie dei figli di papà. Ma più di tutto, vuole laurearsi a Cambridge. Ha lottato con le unghie e con i denti per arrivarci: una borsa di studio, il massimo dei voti, nessun piano B. Peccato che l'universo abbia un senso dell'umorismo tutto suo, e le rimetta tra i piedi l'unica persona che avrebbe voluto cancellare per sempre: Damian Crawford.

A hopeful novel about love, disability, and the inevitability of change by the author of Give Me a Sign. “Poignant, romantic, and deeply heartfelt.” —Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be Ellie’s Deaf boarding school just shut down, forcing her to leave...